Pope describes his bookplate thus: "My book plate was designed by Jay Chambers of New York, and shows a standing figure of a gentle-man of the 1830 period, reading at a high table. He is perusing a large...

Black ink on beige paper. Contains two hooded angels holding lit torches and supporting an open book with wreath. They are seated on grass and flowers. The designer's cipher appears under the open book....

Rain storms in from open window, extinguishing candle whose wax drips down upon a stack of books. Spider and web dominate one corner, dog sits upon one open book, and a death's head, mantled by banner...